As those words left Shu's mouth, the two men open their eyes wide; they've all heard of people unable to use sanctuary energy, but not of a person who's lost the ability to do it, at least not naturally.
" How did this happen? "
Bjorn questioned as the silence that surrounded them broke and wind came crashing against them; Shu remaining silent.
" I don't know, back in the invasion the demon in me took over my body, at the end he managed to find a way to seperate himself from me, that must've broken something inside of my soul and body because after it, I haven't been able to do anything "
Shu replied, breaking away from his own silence as he looked down at his hands, gripping them into fists before sighing
" Shu, we need you for the war, without you we're— "
" I know "
Shu said, interrupting Ean while staring straight at the man's eyes, which caused Ean to stare back, making him blink a bit while taking a good look at Shu's face
" Uh, Shu, did your eyes change colors? "
Ean questioned as Shu just reached to his face, rubbing the sockets beneath his eyes, right before being interrupted when he was about to say something about it
" So then what do we do about the war? Our plan was to have our soldiers fight the small battles while we took care of their strongest fighters, Shu I- "
" I know you're done with all the armor suits for the soldiers "
Shu said as his gray eyes stared deeply into Bjorn's confused eyes; Shu gave off a tired and lazy look, but also a calm and powerful expression
" From now on you're building a suit for me, the remaining time that we have will be spent on you building a suit perfect for my condition- "
Shu was interrupted by Bjorn who just shrugged a little
" Shu I don't think it's possible to give you something like that; the gauntlets I made you before worked perfectly because of your pure sanctuary energy and your control over it, right now I don't know what— "
" The suit won't rely on my energy, it will rely on the energy in the air around me "
Bjorn paused for a second and stared straight down at Shu, he seemed to be frowning but gave off an expression of gratitude, not once in his life had he thought of an idea like that
" Yes—yes you're right, the suit can be stay permanently charged and— "
The giant dwarf turned his back to Shu as his mind expanded and his ideas along with it, murmuring to himself as he walked away
" I guess he's getting to work "
Shu said as he then looked over at Ean; smiling a little before turning his back to him
" He will make that suit; I know he will, I trust him to, but I don't think it's going to help much, not against the demon at least so I'm going to rely on you Ean "
Shu explained as the tall dark skinned man just tilted his head, confused a little; throughout this entire interaction, Ean couldn't understand what Shu was saying, he wasn't sure if the man had a plan or if he was just giving out orders to give them false hope
" I'll weaken the demon even if it takes my life force energy, I just need you to deal the final blow "
Shu explained, Ean was confused again , from the way the demon was brought up to be by not only Shu but many other people, so he naturally assumed that he was stronger than Shu, who was stronger than Ean
" How will my blow kill the demon? "
This question made Shu smile as he just turned to stare at the man, giving him a smirk
" Don't worry, my knowledge has expanded a little, there is a way to kill a demon, plus because of your swords, you are the perfect man for it "
Ean raised an eyebrow at the reply, he knew Shu wasn't that childish, stupid and naive kid from before, and he knew that he had more knowledge than before; after all he was brought up and taught by his advisers before officially being crowned king, but right now his knowledge extended beyond anything politic related because not even Ean himself knew what his swords could do, Shu was different now, more different than ever.
" My Grandfather shared many things with me when I was younger, although he mainly taught me about martial arts, he shared with me alot of his knowledge relating to sanctuary energy; I had forgotten it all, and just recently remembered "
Ean was now paying close attention to what Shu was going to say next, I mean he hasn't said much so why would he now, as Shu shared his secrets with Ean, Bjorn was headed to his forge, until he was interrupted by one of the construction workers tasked with rebuilding Sukeki village.
He had guided him toward what seemed to be a giant digged hole, with a weapon at the bottom, a sword which radiated an odd energy, he knew this sword; this is one of the Totsuka swords, who originally belonged to the God Susanoo
" There were stories about the mistress Elena owning Susanoo's sword; I guess they were true "
Bjorn said as he stared at the weapon, which gave off an odd feeling of energy; he wouldn't know how to describe it if someone asked, but all he could say is that, it felt powerful
" I'll use this for my new invention; bring this weapon to my smithy "
Bjorn had ordered, as the construction men just stared at each other, just to shrug it off and nod, doing exactly what Bjorn had ordered of them.
In Bjorn's mind right now; many ideas of how he would create Shu's suit began to flood his mind, and what made his ideas flourish even more was the convinience of the finding which was the Totsuka blade.
He would use this weapon to improve his suit; he already had an idea for how this suit would look and function.